Daily larval growth and RNA and DNA content of the NW Mediterranean anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and their relations to the environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 237-245

  García, Alberto ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Condition; DNA; Growth; Larvae; Otolith; RNA

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA/DNA RATIO;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANCHOA; ANIMALIA; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIS ENCRASICOLUS; PANTHERA LEO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032574946     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166237     Document Type: Article

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